Synonym of under someone's heel

Adjective

Lower in rank or status

inferior lesser lowly minor humble mediocre menial secondary second-class subordinate unpretentious base insignificant junior low-ranking second-string small subservient subsidiary unassuming undistinguished unimportant ancillary bottom common degrading demeaning inglorious little lousy low low-grade meagre meager measly middling miserable ordinary paltry puny reduced second-fiddle second-rate smaller contemptible humdrum ignoble ignominious lower lower-ranking petty pitiful plebeian poorer sad scrubby servile shabby slighter sorry wretched bush-league dinky low-born lower in rank lower in status mean minor-league small-fry small-time subjacent third-string undersized back seat below someone beneath someone bottom-rung entry-level less important lower-class not so important not very important second-banana baseborn proletarian lowborn lumpen vulgar unwashed prole low-life simple poor less working-class lower-level obscure modest marginal declassed plebby lower-grade peasant second underprivileged trivial under inconsequential low-class plain commonplace déclassé of low birth auxiliary reserve supporting accessory severe rough unrefined unremarkable popular unfit blue-collar uncouth beggarly peripheral sub- of low rank dependent supplementary nether supplemental subject lowlife meek backup low-bred relief blue-singlet tributary assistant sordid low-level lower rung sub vice- fall-back average second-best diminished dishonourable dishonorable unworthy tinier crude petite cloth-cap a notch under lessened bourgeois abject beneath fawning philistine baser satellite subaltern subalternate bush grassroots democratic people's low-status associate declassé inconsiderable deputy alternative incidental inessential substitute spare alternate fallback attendant traditional unsophisticated banal conventional pedestrian tangential collateral younger extra youngest feeding side non-essential of little account gentle mild deprived cast down supernumerary standby additional replacement surplus back-up extraneous temporary emergency another free fresh in store in reserve vassal puppet accessorial redundant irrelevant other superfluous appurtenant borderline superficial immaterial indirect negligible trifling slight minute frivolous nugatory beside the point not the main on the side fiddling nonessential foolish unnecessary dispensable expendable extrinsic surrogate acting background occasional leftover proxy Mickey Mouse optional duplicate supererogatory stopgap caretaker provisional interim by-the-way by-the-by of less importance locum provisionary intervening provisory substitutive makeshift stand-in transitional fill-in pro tem pinch-hitting ad interim tentative pro tempore short-term

Adjective

Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated at the hands of another

downtrodden oppressed abused maltreated subjugated tyrannised tyrannized persecuted crushed mistreated victimised victimized exploited subdued misused burdened repressed suppressed disadvantaged enslaved underprivileged helpless subservient prostrate underfoot bullied powerless overcome underdog ill-treated ground down have-not weighed down under one's thumb under the thumb a slave to at one's feet at one's mercy in one's clutches in one's pocket in one's power led by the nose at beck and call browbeaten beleaguered weakened tormented beaten worn down plagued beset subject abject shaken troubled overloaded distressed destitute slave overpowered intimidated fraught henpecked worried conquered assaulted injured hit harmed beat-up bruised squashed thumped thrashed manhandled black-and-blue battered wronged neglected ill-used hurt harassed offended knocked about aggrieved badly treated wounded maligned hard done by molested physically abused impaired affected damaged insulted vilified dishonoured defamed tainted tarnished blackened impugned denigrated dishonored

Adjective

Intimidated or overwhelmed by an overbearing significant other

henpecked dominated browbeaten bullied subjugated meek oppressed downtrodden intimidated repressed submissive timid unassertive cowering cringing docile nagged abject acquiescent compliant constrained obedient passive resigned subject unresisting uxorious yielding ground down led by the nose under one's thumb treated like dirt under the thumb wife-ridden in fear of one's partner tied to someone's apron strings subjected to nagging without a mind of one's own

Nearby Words

under someone's spell undersong undersongs undersought understaffed understaffing undersold undersoils undersoil underslips underslip underskirts

Antonym of under someone's heel

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